are, just over to my left is the skyland development where walmart was going to build one of their new stores, and to my other side here, stanton elementary school. now, right across the street from the bus stop where the woman was killed yesterday is where reporter shar niece milton was killed early last year. today police said the car used in yesterday's shooting was stolen from a church in maryland. police are looking for at least two suspects who they say were in a gray honda odyssey with maryland handicap tags. they were seen speeding away from the shooting here on naylor road southeast. >> we don't believe this was a random act of violence but we're investigating that. i don't think these individuals involved were just riding around randomly shooting out of a vehicle. >> reporter: it turns out that car was stolen. >> correct. >> reporter: from this church, the mount ephraim b

in prince george's county. church officials told police they didn't know the car was missing until they called. police tell us whoever had the car also had the keys. it was just after 1:00 yesterday afternoon, multiple shots rang out. a d.c. woman in her 30s was killed. another vikt wctim was shot mor than once but his injuries are not life threatening. a third victim was hurt my flying glass. this shoot has community leaders outraged. >> i'm tired of them talking about we have a team out here. it's not effective no more because if it was, then they wouldn't be -- we wouldn't continue to revisit this each week, each month, each day. you know, murder, violence. >> reporter: now, we can tell you just in the past ten minutes or so, transit police have shown up at the scene. community activists have been asking for a higher police pr

yesterday, and we can tell you now there are now three transit police vehicles as well as officers patrolling this area right now. police still have no motive or suspects in yesterday's shooting. coming up at 6:00, why police are taking so long to find out who had the car given whoever had it had the keys. back to you in the studio. >> mark segraves, thank you. after about the 0 days on the job, metro's new leader says the transit agency a much, much worse than he had expected. gm paul wiedefeld made those comments during his first public policy talk at the national press club. our transportation reporter adam tuss was there. he's at metro center with a look at the gm's plan to turn things around. adam? >> reporter: that's right, jim. he certainly didn't paint a pretty picture, but at least, at least he was truthful. now, he talked about expansion saying that you can't really focus on that stuff right now. larger issues, you need to focus on the basic

in charge of metro. >> to be frank, it's probably much worse than i expected. >> reporter: general manager paul wiedefeld telling a room full of reporters and local leaders that large parts of the system may have to shut down for long periods of time sor that long-lasting repairs can be made. >> a discussion that needs to be had is what can we get -- how much quicker can we get it if we have a little bit of pain here. >> reporter: he said at the very least metro should be the best transit system in the country and right now the system isn't even close. so how do you fix it? wiedefeld says he wants to be transparent with riders about what projects are happening. a new customer report card just wept live on metro's website detailing ongoing projects. >> this is going to be trackable for the public? we'll be able to see in two months we'll have this done, in one year this will be done and we can judge you? yes? >> yes, we started a customer

basics that matter now for metro. >> where i need to focus on is making sure that what we put out there operates. >> reporter: making sure the trains and buses show up and they run relatively on time, getting back to basics. now, the general manager also made some organizational changes today, things that he says will streamline the transit agency, and they're also talking about changes here on the street level that can give riders more information. i'll tell you what they're thinking about coming up next hour at 6:00. >> adam tuss. thank you, adam. right now prince george's county police are looking for the man who attacked a woman near the university of maryland campus. that woman woke up on saturday morning and found the man assaulting her in her bed. she made a noise, and he ran off. this happened on fordham lane. the woman is not a student at maryland but school officials did send a campuswide alert to make students aware of what happened. a woman trying to cross the street in montgomery county has now passed aw.

police tell us she died in the hospital yesterday. she was hit by two vehicles last friday trying to cross east randolph road here near tourmaline court. that's about a half mile off columbia pike. investigators tell us she was in the crosswalk at the time. at this point neither driver is facing charges. the funeral for former first lady nancy reagan will be on friday, and she will lay in repose starting wednesday at the reagan library in california. and right now flags are flying at half-staff in her honor including flags at the capitol, the white house, and at our federal buildings. if you wish to pay your respects to mrs. reagan, there is an official condolence book available you can sign. the white house historical association will put it out for the public. it will be at the white house visitor center through the end of the month. president obama talked about mrs. reagan's legacy today. >>

just to have president reagan but to the country as a whole. he was lucky to have her, and i'm sure he'd be the first to acknowledge that. so she will be missed. >> the president says mrs. reagan was very gracious to him and mrs. obama when they first came into office and they are thankful for her guidance. coming up, we're going to have more on where you can see part of her legacy here in washington. robert griffin iii is thanking redskins fans today for their support as he officially moves on from the team. he told fans on twitter, it has been a blessing. the redskins released him today. fans had high hopes for rg3 here in washington, and it's the end of an era that we all saw coming after that devastating injury. carol maloney is here with more on the story. hi, carol. >> hey, jim. robert griffin iii is a free agent now. now the questions remain, where will he land? will he be able to ca

magic? there's reportedly a lot of interest in the one time rookie of the year. the last time we saw him the day after the playoff loss to the packers cleaning out his locker for the final time. griffin relegated to third-string quarterback after the rise of kirk cousins. rg3 suiting up for just one game. a sad ending, of course, but, boy, what a ride. rg3 burst onto the scene back in 2012 winning offensive rookie of the year honors while guiding the redskins to the playoffs. he was owed over $16 million if he was still on the roster after wednesday. griffin took to social media. first he tweeted, now we have to face the challenges life presents and never back down. keep fighting. then he followed up with that picture, and he wrote it was a blessing, guys. i just want to say thank you. the excitement surrounding rg3's arrival four years ago was unprecedented. fitting today there is a lot of sadness, even though this news was expected. the burgundy and gold made a be

coming up on news4 at 6:00. guys? this is chris gordon at fedexfield. how redskins fans are reacting to the release of rg3. you'll hear what they're saying ahead in my report at 5:30. and we've already begun asking you about the future for rg3. do you think he will be successful playing for another team? you can call, text, or vote on our facebook page. we'll share the results a bit later in our newscast. new developments tonight in that controversial pepco merger deal in the district. pepco and energy giant exelon formally warned that thousands of residential rate payers will suffer if this merger doesn't go forward. tom sherwood reports this merger remains far from settled. >> reporter: two

commission said the midwesterner could go forward but only with imposed conditions. the conditions limited residential rate payer relief and altered the use of millions in community funds. facing the deadline friday to respond and no agreement on the new conditions, pepco and exelon asked regulators to reconsider a compromise that was voted down last month. they said failure to do so threatens to derail the whole merger. it's now unclear when or if the commission will act on the pepco request. >> the board of ethics and government -- >> reporter: but community members kept up criticism of the proposed deal saying electricity rates for thousands of district citizens and businesses would be affected. >> it's not as though there's no alternative. we can just say no to this merger and pepco almost certainly will do well on its own. >> reporter: pepco says energy giant exelon can improve management and hold down future rate increases. alyssa silverman said no deal

it's joo it's still a bad deal, tom. it started as a bad deal and remains a bad deal. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. i'm darcy spencer in landover where police have just identified a woman who was stabbed to death in this apartment building early this morning. coming up, you'll hear from a neighbor, what he saw this morning that was so disturbing. plus, your cell phone provider may have been tracking your every move on websites without your knowledge to sell to advertisers. but now it's time to pay up. they are some of the most difficult missing persons cases. the news4 i-team on the trail with police using mapping technology in hopes of bringing people with dementia back home. and we're talking 60s today but

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a murder mystery unfolding in prince george's county. >> a 23-year-old woman is stabbed and killed and a second woman is wounded and tonight

seven is search is on for a suspected and a motive. darcy spencer is in landover with reaction from a man who lives close to the crime scene. >> reporter: wendy, that stabbing happened right here in this apartment building early this morning. police late this afternoon released her identity and i have confirmed this watis domestic related. neighbors tell me she had just moved in recently. it was inside this apartment building on 75th avenue where two women were stabbed. one of them later died. she's been identified as 23-year-old santa lizama. this man lives above their apartment. >> they just moved in like two or three months ago. >> reporter: he and other neighbors had to stay inside their apartments for hours while police investigated. he said it appeared one of the victims had tried to get help. so the you're on the fourth floor? >> yes. >> reporter: but there was blood on the fourth floor? >> i guess she went to go knock on doors. >> reporter: so she was probably

seeking help? >> yeah, seeking help. >> reporter: did you hear her? >> nothing. >> reporter: the stabbings happened at the overlook garden apartments just down the road from fedexfield. police got the call at 3:00 in the morning. >> it's pretty quiet. this is something that's shocking. normally things don't really happen. >> reporter: police say it's not a random crime, but so far they've not released a motive or any possible suspect information. >> i just heard landover and i'm like, okay, actually i live in landover. then i come home and my mom said do you know what happened across the street? and i'm like, no, what happened. this is where i live at and it's never -- you know, we don't get no violence, none of that. so i'm so surprised. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00, the security concerns here that have some saying they are ready to move out. jim, back to you. >> darcy, thank you. the prince william county police officer murdered on her first day on the job has been laid to rest in her massachusetts hometown. ashley guindon was buriit

her father, a war veteran who died back in 2004. the scene in massachusetts was much like the scene here last week with hundreds of first responders and others paying their respects. i like bernie, and i would hope to be able to enlist bernie in helping me reach out to his supporters if i am so fortunate enough to be the nominee. >> senator marco rubio, you know, he's a no-show in the u.s. senate. ted cruz, he comes in bible high, bible high, puts the bible down, then lies to you. it's unbelievable. >> well, a pretty stark contrast between the two front-runners in the race for the white house as they talk about their rivals. on the republican side, the fight for that nomination is becoming less

right now donald trump remains on top with 392 delegates, about a third of those needed to clinch the nomination. ted cruz had a strong showing however with double digit victories this weekend in kansas and maine. also finished a close second to trump in both kentucky and louisiana. cruz is also second in the delegate count cutting trump's lead to fewer than 100. despite a landslide win in puerto rico, marco rubio remains a distant third when it comes to delegates. on the democratic side, bernie sanders won big in kansas, maine, and nebraska, but hillary clinton took louisiana and more delegates this weekend. her overall count including the superdelegates puts her at 1,100, more than twice as many as sanders. for both sides the big prize tomorrow as far as delegates are concerned, michigan. and a new monmouth university poll shows both trump and clinton with double digit leads. along with michigan the republicans have primaries in idaho and mississippi as wl

caucuses in hawaii. the democrats have primaries in michigan and mississippi. and this sunday there is a gop convention here in the district, but after tomorrow all eyes will be on next tuesday when both florida and ohio are at stake. eight families in flint, michigan, are part of a class action lawsuit. their children were found to have high levels of lead after the city changed its water source. the families' attorney says they want to hold people accountable. >> attention by the epa, by the state regulatory agencies has not come. we feel a class action of this type on behalf of these families as well as the homeowners of flint is necessary, is important, and has to be brought at this time. >> the city has changed back to its old water supply and is taking steps now to control the lead. changes are coming to

verizon as that company settles a lawsuit. verizon will pay more than $1 million to the fcc over the use of what's known as super cookies. super cookies track websites visited by cell phone users and deliver targeted ads. for a while customers were not told about that tracking. now verizon cannot share information without the consent of its customers. well, this is an unusual way to get stuck in traffic. a woman -- why one woman's show had people sitting bumper to bumper today. he was the nfl's mvp five times. now peyton manning has made it official. why he's hanging up his cleats for good. >> when i look back on my nfl career, i'll know without a doubt that i gave everything i had to help my teams walkway awi

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and now your storm team4 forecast. >> and we're just talking about the best forecast we have had so far this year. it's going to get very, very nice. i mean, as nice as today was, as warm as today was, it's going to get better the next couple days. let's show you what's happening outside right now. we have seen some sunshine, some clouds have moved in too. we're going to be dealing with these the next couple days. right now 65 degrees. winds out of the southwest at 13 miles per hour. a very nice afternoon, and it's

evening. look back to the west. 70 in cumberland, maryland. 60 in culpeper. warm everywhere. annapolis 49, right along the water is always a little cooler. you go inland a mile and it's on the warmer side. storm team4 radar, nothing to show you, no rain, no snow, and i think effectively we're done with the snow for the season. satellite and radar showing the clouds that we've got coming in. just some scattered clouds but i want to show you the pattern we're moving into. notice all the rain and snow out towards california. they need this, of course. always hoping el ninos will be a drought buster for california. they will get a lot of rain in the next couple days. this system dives all the way down into mexico. very, very rare for a storm system to do that, and because it does that, it brings a lot of very warm air out of the gulf right up towards our region, and we are talking about the potential for some record-breaking temperatures. so as warm as it's going to be here, it's going to last for a while

plenty of sunshine right on through thursday. a mixture of mid to high level clouds, but really a lot of sun too. and, yes, winter is over. i know that makes a lot of you happy. others saying i want one more snow. i could use one or two more snows, but the weather is looking pretty nice. i'll take 70s any day of the week. warmest in months, that's for sure. tomorrow we're in the -- today we're in the mid-60s. we get into the 70s. look at thursday. thursday we're red here because that is a day we think we could hit a record high. the record is 78 degrees. we do go back down for the weekend but even then we're still above average. high temperatures tomorrow upper 60s to low 70s. 72 d.c. 74 in fredericksburg. 72 back towards leesburg. still 63 towards annapolis. once again plenty of sunshine during the day tomorrow. if you are thinking about getting out there, maybe getting some exercise, starting off a little bit cool. it's warm for this time of year but cool. 49 at 7:00 a.m. right up into the upper 60s by 1:00. a great day to get lunch outdoors or

you will see a lot more people on the trails the next few days. 76 on wednesday. there is that 78 degrees on thursday. once again, that would tie a record, and then back to 69 on friday. tracking a cold front that will move through on friday. that's going to keep things a little bit unsettled for the weekend. coming up at 5:45, veronica will talk much more about that unsettled weekend and which day you should expect to see the rain. guys? >> all right, doug. thank you. now at 5:00, she was a symbol of survival after the boston marathon bombings. now a college student who inspired the country has died overseas. find out what happened to victoria. and vandals strike in fairfax, and they're targeting the police.

at the live desk, breaking news in the race for president. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg has just announced he will not run as a third-party candidate. the billionaire businessman spent three terms leading new york city and had considered becoming an alternative to hillary clinton or bernie sanders or a republican/

firefighters are back on the job this evening after they were put on leave because they transported a sick toddler to the hospital in their fire truck. >> so i didn't hesitate. i would do it ten times out of ten. i'm 110% behind my decision that i made. >> it's a local case that got international attention. >> that toddler was having seizures, so the local firefighters jumped into action and instead of waiting for an ambulance to arrive, they took the child. >> bureau chief julie carey joins us live from stafford county where the two men have just been reinstated. julie? >> reporter: well, in fact, one of those two firefighters back on his truck after a news conference where the fire chief reinstated both him and his partner. but what the chief had to say about the review of this whole incident still leaves some questions unanswered. >> we placed a coat here and

we drew the seat down across here. i stood just as i am in the well maintaining concert. >> the backseat of engine one is where captain jimmy kelley put an 18-month-old girl who was limp in his arms. kelly and virgil bloom were first on the scene where the little girl's father noticed she was having a seizure in her car seat. >> she was blue from the chest up to the head. she was very limp. they had no muscle tone at all. >> reporter: dispatch traffic reveals captain kelley was trying to find out how long it would take the nearest responding medic to arrive. >> engine one, where is are coming from. >> questioniroute 1 southbound. >> reporter: but when he couldn't get a fix on arrival time, kelley made a split decision. they'd transport the child in the fire truck with oxygen he provided, she began to recover on the way to the hospital and she's fine now. >> so i didn't hesitate. i would do it ten times out of ten. >> reporter: but soon after

on nonpunitive administrative leave so the department could look at the possible violation. when word got out, support poured in like this reinstate our heroes facebook page. today the fire chief announced while violations had occurred, both kelley and bloom would be reinstated. >> we did, however, find that department medical protocol for this type of patient was not followed and that will be addressed with the individuals involved. >> i'm just happy to be back in an active status and being able to protect the citizens. >> reporter: kept kelley who is a veteran d.c. firefighters and emt says he doesn't feel exonerated. he and his attorney not finished with this discussion. now, i checked in today with the family of that toddler whose life was possibly saved by this very unusual transport. coming up on news4 at 6:00, what they have to say about these two firefighters. back to you now in the studio, jim. >> julie, thank you. fairfax county police are searching for the people who vandalized one of their

you can see someone spray painted graffiti on this cruiser. it happened saturday night on westmoreland street in mclean. police want to talk to anyone who may have seen something that night. there is still no sign of a mother and her 11-month-old daughter in prince george's county. tenisha moss disappeared with her daughter amonie yesterday while the pair was out with moss' mother. we're told the grandmother had stopped at a store in landover hills and left tenisha and amonie in the car. when she came back, they were gone. police say the grandmother does have full custody of the little girl. so we ask the question, do you think rg3 will be successful playing for another team? >> there's your answer. >> yeah. now that the redskins have released its former star quarterback, it leaves a lot of fans wondering what they're supposed to do with all their griffin gear they've collected since he

>> hold onto it. it might be worth something some day. news4's chris gordon joins us live from fedexfield with more on that part of the story. hi, chris. >> reporter: good evening. rg3's release closes a chapter in washington redskins history. it held the promise of playoffs and super bowl appearances, but fans saw it disappear right before their eyes, and now, as you just mentioned, the hall of fame store here at fedexfield is facing a challenge of even trying to sell his jersey. it now looks out of place, a large photo of rg3 and the stars of the team look down over the washington redskins hall of fame store, but much of its rg3 merchandise is now on sale. it wasn't supposed to end this way. rg3 exceeded fan expectations winning rookie of the year in 2012 and taking the team to the playoffs. but after injuries, he never returned to greatness.

sidelined and wasn't even allowed to put on his uniform for games. >> you know what nfl stands for? not for long. gee didn't do what he needed to do for the team. so he had to go. >> reporter: kirk cousins took over as quarterback and led the team to the 2015 nfc east championship. fans suspected it was only a matter of time until rg3 would be released. >> i know he want to play. he don't want to sit down all the time. he do want to play. if he got a chance to go somewhere he can play, then that's a good thing. >> reporter: are you sorry to see him go? >> yes. >> he's a great talent. i wouldn't give him away. if it was up to me i would hold onto him. have him sit on the bench and be ready. >> reporter: before the team publicly announced they were releasing him, rg3 tweeted with we have to face the challenges life presents. keep fighting.he t

redskins and i think he should still be a part of the redskins. >> reporter: some fans say they fear rg3's return here to fedexfield. that's coming up on news4 at 6:00. that's the latest live in landover. wendy and jim, back to you. he has won more games than any quarterback in the nfl, and today peyton manning says he's retiring from the game he loves with no regrets. >> there were other players who were more talented, but there was no one who could out prepare me, and because of that i have no regrets. >> manning announced his retirement during a press conference this afternoon. he played for 18 seasons with the colts and most recently with the denver broncos. manning won two super bowls, fivemvp awards. the 39-year-old says he will either go into coaching, management, maybe even the broadcast booth. did you see her? she shut down traffic inhe

middle of the morning rush. how one woman found a way to get a lot of attention and frustrate a lot of drivers for hours. and driving could get a little lighter around here this week. find out why more people may be staying home.

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she died on sunday at the age of 94. she will lie in repose on wednesday at the reagan president ideal library. we're looking back on her extraordinary life. some of the outfits she was photographed in at the white house can be seen at the smithsonian museum of natural history. in includes the off the shoulder inaugural gown from 1981. natalie morales has more on her legacy. >> reporter: many are remembering and honoring the legacy of nancy reagan. she will be forever remembered as one of the most influential first ladies so devoted to her husband ronald reagan. theirs was a love affair beyond compare. she was one of his most loyal and fierce protectors. president obama said she redefined the role of first lady as one of the first first ladies to have a platform with the just say no campaign. >> when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say n

becoming an advocate for stem cell research during ronald reagan's long battle with alzheimer's disease. the public will have an opportunity to come to the library later on this week to say their good-byes. i'm natalie morales at the ronald reagan presidential library. now back to you. some very good news for former president jimmy carter. over the weekend he announced his cancer is gone. he no longer needs treatment. seven months ago former president carter said he was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to his liver and his brain. he underwent radiation and immunotherapy. doctors now say he responded very well to that treatment and they will continue to monitor him for any evidence that the cancer has returned. i-95 shut down for emergency repairs. why this may not be the last time drivers will have to be diverted. she has been missing for a month and experts say cases like hers are on the rise. just ahead, the news 4 i-team shows how officers are using

people with dementia. take a look. this graphic kind of a snapshot of our workweek. yes, all the yellow, that represents the warmth. the red the one day when we could have record warmth around this area. how warm and when is our best chance of rain?

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a jury has just awarded sports caster erin andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker and the hotel where he recorded a video of here. the jury found both michael david barrett and the owner of the marriott windsor capital at fault for spying on andrews. barrett recorded a video of andrews naked through a peephole. the sports reporter testified during the trial she was publicly humiliated and suffers from depression as a result of what happened. barrett would owe andrews about $28 million if the verdict holds up. windsor capital will owe about $26 million. >> all right. confused, scared, and in desperate need of medication. that's a faterrible combination for people who have dementia when they wander away from their homes. >> tonight tisha thompson and the i-team show how local experts are cracking through the confusion to find

>> reporter: nancy zstrou merer nancy strohmeyer spent her life taking care of other people until suddenly she became confused. >> the last couple months she had been suffering from what we thought was rapid onset dementia. >> reporter: her son kenneth said it happened quickly. he lost more than 30 pounds. this snapshot taken just a few hours before she vanished. >> we were having a difficult time getting her out of the apartment, and so that just was not one of the things we were really overly concerned with. >> reporter: but on february 8th, his 66-year-old mother disappeared. last seen on this sidewalk in front of her apartment complex in germantown. next to these woods. that's where we met up with atmosphere jason huggins who says his dog junior can cover the same amount of territory with his nose as 100 volunteers walking side by side. officer hug yibs says there's no one else like him in the

washington area. huggins is our area's only full-time search coordinator working with a team of eight officers specially trained to find the missing. >> how many officers do we have? >> we have like ten on the call right now. >> reporter: dementia searches jumped more than 10% last year in montgomery county and officer huggins expects that number to keep growing as more and more baby boomers reach retirement age. >> a person walking two miles an hour 6 1/2 hours it's entire county is our search area. no one can search that amount of property. >> reporter: so his team uses a lot of maps. >> so you can see this is our 500-meter ring. >> reporter: using statistically models to plot out the highest statistical probability areas to search using this book written by this man, robert kester. >> the fatality rate is twice that of lost children. >> reporter: kester lives in virginia but travels the world training search crews how to find all kinds of

>> for a long time in the search and rescue we were used to looking for hikers and hunters and missing children and the dementia cases were not needing the same pattern. they were closer, they were in locations that were brambles, really thick, sort of transitional zones and that was making us scratch our head. >> reporter: but by studying hundreds of real life dementia cases, koester created mapping software that allows police to drop an icon at the last known location and the computer will highlight the most likely places they should start searching. his research found dementia patients follow the same patterns. they walk in a relatively straight line until they bump into something. since they tend to be older, they take the path of least resistance sticking to roads and trails that go downhill. and often towards water. which they mistakenly believe will be an easy flat place to walk. but if they get into trouble, they won't call

even answer if someone calls out their name. >> there's a loss of peripheral situation, so that's all you're going to see. a lot of people with dementia are actually looking down at the ground. so as i walk now i can't make it -- my feet are stuck. i come here and this is it. you know, we look at it and we go why wouldn't you just walk around this? but a person with dementia this my be enough, this is the impenetrable object, we can't go around it and we will find them standing like this. >> reporter: nancy strohmeyer's children now wonder if she didn't realize her home was literally right next to her and walked off to the woods trying to find it. she's been missing for a month. after more than a decade of searching for people, she's the only dementia patient huggins has yet to find. if you have someone in your family with dementia, the montgomery county police department has a list of things they want you to do now to help thi

ever wander away. we've put the entire list on our nbc washington app. it includes getting a gp s our i.d. bracelet and filling out a detailed form. even if they have never wandered away before, the experts all say the chnances are high it will probably happen and often without any warning. tisha thompson, news4 i-team. >> thank you, tisha. well, interstate 95 is back open again after some emergency sign repairs in the fredericksburg area. crews had to close all of the northbound side earlier today to fix a sign north of the rappahannock river bridge. that road is not good on a good day. we've been told a vehicle hit and damaged the sign over the weekend. at some point the sign will be replaced so that could mean even more disruptions there in the future. well, you may notice a little less traffic this week in virginia. this is teleworkweek in the commonwealth.

encouraged to create telework programs. proponents say it increases productivity and reduces turnover and carbon emissions. the council of government say more than a quarter of commuters telecommute occasionally. montgomery county is going on a pothole blitz. the department of transportation will be doubling down on equipment and staff to get those craters fixed. crews work daily to fill those potholes but with the fluctuating temperatures and conditions all over the last couple months, there have been more potholes than ever. leggett says the department has filled more than 1,000 potholes just since january, and those temperatures are about to fluctuate some more. >> boy, are they. and v.j. joins us now. one of the side effects with these beautiful temperatures is the pollen. i saw three people with allergy masks on today. >> exactly. >> i was not one of them. coy have been. >>

we're moving into the stretch of not just 60 degree warmth like today but 70s for a couple days and, of course, that means the pollen, tree pollen right now, really moderate and i expect it to be high for the remainder of the workweek. so take your medicine, your allergy medicine over the counter and get those prescriptions filled. now is the time. let's take a look at the count for today. the mold spore count is low. so are the weeds, but again moderate the tree count. and the main trees that are contributing right now are the elm trees. as far as the evening out, we have a light wind. we're partly cloudy. closer to average high for this time of year. very nice conditions out there and it's going to be a very nice week too. here is what's going on. we have clouds making their way into the area but notice the warm front off to the west, indiana, illinois. with a southwesterly flow, the next couple days, it will allow that warm air to come over us, settle in, and settle in all week. look at this,

really going to notice. when we go from the 60s to the low 70s. at 3:00, 72 your high temperature and it's going to be a very lovely evening once again. with dry conditions in the forecast, the weather tomorrow is going to have a low impact on our area. yeah, higher temperatures coming our way. that means you're going to have to adjust the wardrobe too. instead of needing the coat or anything else to stay warm, just a jacket out the door tomorrow morning and then you'll probably lose it by the afternoon. mid-60s at 11:00 a.m. that's close to where we were, of course, today, but we're into the upper 60s, low 70s, so your outdoor impact forecast looking very nice to getting outdoors, maybe doing a little hiking or biking. think 74 around fredericksburg. 71 in frederick, maryland. later this week we could be seeing these locations closer to 80 degrees. that is why each day this week, tuesday, wednesday, thursday a

to thursday because that will be the warmest. in fact, forecasting record warmth on thursday. i know. it's crazy, right? look at that. stafford, fredericksburg -- >> crazy good. >> giving it a thumbs up, yes. winter now over. 78 in leesburg. 70 pax river. easton, 72 for a high temperature on thursday. as we get into the weekend, of course, we spring forward. we lose that hour, and it is late saturday evening if you have plans to go out where we could see a few showers coming through right to sunday. >> thank you, v.j. we know it really doesn't take much to cause a major traffic jam just about jen where during a morning rush. >> get a good look at this. in houston traffic came to a standstill for hours because of this. a naked woman dancing on top of a cab of an 18-wheeler. police got the call for a pedestrian hit by a car. when they arrived they found this woman undressing on top of

police used a fire truck ladder to get the woman and get her into handcuffs. nobody knows how she got onto the truck. >> and no one -- and no word on if a woman was hit. >> somewhere that got lost in the story. >> in the translation. we're working on a number of big stories coming up in the next hour. ahead, including this one in the district. >> reporter: metropolitan police are calling it the latest scam. a well-dressed man going door to door creating a story to get money. it's happening here in logan circle and at least two other neighborhoods. coming up at 6:45, why police say this scam is so concerning. but first at 5:00 a young woman who survived the boston marathon bombing dies in a terrible accident that occurred overseas. coming up next, a look back at how she inspired so many.

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it was one of the more inspiring stories after the boston marathon bombings. a young woman who was just a few feet from one of the bombs was seriously injured and yet she survived. >> today we learned that 23-year-old died tragically in a car crash overseas. alicia rodriguez has mar on just what happened. >> reporter: victoria mcgrath's story of survival after the boston marathon bombing in 2013 became an inspiration for many. >> i was literally five feet away from where the first bomb went off. >> reporter: now less than three years later,

touched are mourning after a car accident in dubai took her life. mcgrath was with another northeastern student who was also killed. mcgrath's mother telling nbc news that her family is stunned, shocked, and heart broken, and many who have been following her story have been sharing their grief as well. mcgrath credited several people for saving her life after the bombings. she had a chance to thank them including the man who in this iconic photo firefighter jimmy plourde. today he said it's been sailed i helped save her life but the truth is victoria saved my life after the marathon as her love, support, and friendship helped myself and my family deal with the acts. brothers j.p. and paul both lost a limb in the explosion. their

of mcgrath who brought a plate of cookies after his surgery. she said we had never met her before but instantly loved her. she was just so kind, caring, and an amazing young lady. and a strong one too whose words are a haunting reminder of how short life can be. >> i can stand up. >> are you sure? >> yeah. now at 6:00, new developments in the story of two volunteer firefighters who were suspended after they rushed a toddler to a hospital in a fire truck. funeral plans are announced for nancy reagan. how the former first lady is being honored locally. and the end of an era in washington. robert griffin iii is gone. we begin tonight with breaking news in the race for the white house. the word coming within the last hour that former new york city mayor michael bloomberg will not mount a third-party white house bid. >

of yet more election contest tomorrow. people in four states, including michigan and mississippi, will choose their nominees tomorrow. brian mooar on capitol hill now with the latest on the race and bloomberg's announcement. brian? >> reporter: yeah, jim, and on that announcement within the last hour really takes away what is the last remaining question mark in this topsy-turvy race for the republican nomination and really for the white house itself. bloomberg said that he did not see a path to victory, only a role as a spoiler here, and he said, quote, as the race stands now with republicans in charge of both houses, there's a good chance that my candidacy could lead to the election of donald trump or senator ted cruz. that is not a risk i can take in good conscience. well, donald trump and hillary clinton are doing their best to try to make it through the next eight days. eight critical days which really could change the field here and that could